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Re: Jittery/Skipping Meter

• gerryniswonger 1,890 Posts

  Mon, Nov 28 2016 11:04 AM

  When I first get on WGT each day my meter is usually smooth as silk. But after a period of time.(Usually over an hour or so) it starts skipping. Why does this happen regularly?

  Sometimes if I refresh the game it will smooth out again, but always only for a short time.  I clear my Cache, do a Disk Cleanup, and clear my History every single day.

  This indicates to me that the issue is with the WGT Server.

  My Question for Icon;  If I completely close out WGT (Rather than refresh) then restart the site, will I connect to a different part of the server?

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Mon, Nov 28 2016 12:07 PM

  gerryniswonger:

  When I first get on WGT each day my meter is usually smooth as silk. But after a period of time.(Usually over an hour or so) it starts skipping. Why does this happen regularly?

  Because the way the game handles Flash is not working the way it's supposed to. Basically, used memory isn't getting returned to the game when freed up and after a few games, you run out of free memory and that's when the fun begins. It has nothing to do with servers.

  Just refresh your browser every 2-3 games and you won't have the problem. Apparently WGT doesn't see this as a big enough problem to fix because it's been this way for a while.

• 9,041 Posts

  Mon, Nov 28 2016 12:25 PM

  YankeeJim:

  Just refresh your browser every 2-3 games and you won't have the problem. Apparently WGT doesn't see this as a big enough problem to fix because it's been this way for a while.

  ^^^

  I do it every game but...

  You got the answer G ...Flash w.hores we are  ;)

  edit                                             ^^ or should that be punters ?

  Never sure...money well spent tho ?

• gerryniswonger 1,890 Posts

  Mon, Nov 28 2016 1:21 PM

  Just refresh your browser every 2-3 games and you won't have the problem.

  Yes, but once I've had to "Refresh" it keeps happening over and over again.  Often it occurs every 5 or 6 holes.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Mon, Nov 28 2016 1:51 PM

  gerryniswonger:

  Yes, but once I've had to "Refresh" it keeps happening over and over again.  Often it occurs every 5 or 6 holes.

  Now that's unusual. Are you running on a marginal system with low RAM?

• gerryniswonger 1,890 Posts

  Mon, Nov 28 2016 4:34 PM

  Are you running on a marginal system with low RAM?

  I really don't know Jim.  Here is a copy of my system and you tell me......

  OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 64 bit

  Processor: AMD C-50 Processor, AMD64 Family 20 Model 1 Stepping 0

  Processor Count: 2

  RAM: 2662 Mb

  Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 6250 Graphics, 384 Mb

  Hard Drives: C: Total - 291225 MB, Free - 254832 MB;

  Motherboard: TOSHIBA, Portable PC

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Tue, Nov 29 2016 5:17 AM

  That should be more than enough to handle what's going on, mine's fairly similar. You describe the current Flash bug that I see occasionally but the frequency you get it is the red flag.

  It sounds like something else is squeezing the CPU so you would need to monitor your Task Manager to see what's happening. Right click your quick launch toolbar to access it. The Applications tab shows you what's actually open and running and the Performance tab is where you get a look at the RAM and CPU activity.

• gerryniswonger 1,890 Posts

  Tue, Nov 29 2016 1:39 PM

  I've done that.  The problem is that I'm don't know what the programs using CPU's are necessary or can be disabled without effecting WGT.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Tue, Nov 29 2016 2:45 PM

  gerryniswonger:

  what the programs using CPU's are necessary or can be disabled without effecting WGT.

  This will tell you what each process is and whether or not you actually need it.

  http://www.processlibrary.com/en/directory/a/1/

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Tue, Nov 29 2016 2:46 PM

  gerryniswonger:

  what the programs using CPU's are necessary or can be disabled without effecting WGT.

  This will tell you what each process is and whether or not you actually need it.

  http://www.processlibrary.com/en/directory/a/1/